Sgt. Whitney Schalk, a heavy vehicle driver with the 1483rd Transportation Company out of Walbridge, Ohio, earned the title of Noncommissioned Officer of the Year and Spc. Adam Pinkerton, an infantryman with Company D, 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment out of Sandusky, Ohio, was named Soldier of the Year during the 2019 Ohio Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition at Camp Sherman......
Hometown: Tallmadge, OH

Sgt. Whitney Schalk (left), a heavy vehicle driver with the 1483rd Transportation Company out of Walbridge, Ohio, earned the title of Noncommissioned Officer of the Year and Spc. Adam Pinkerton, an infantryman with Company D, 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment out of Sandusky, Ohio, was named Soldier of the Year during the 2019 Ohio Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition March 2-3,......
Hometown: Tallmadge, OH

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Anthony Thomas, a 35th Maintenance Squadron jet engine intermediate maintenance dock chief, pauses for a photo at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Feb. 25, 2019. Propulsions Airmen overcame the challenge of operating with a temporary storage facility that did not meet their needs. The flight received nomination for the General Welsh Air Force award and won the 35th Fighter......
Hometown: Ohio City, OH

CAMP HUMPHREYS, Republic of Korea – Care for military working dogs and government-owned animals is not taken lightly in the military; and there many quality control measures in place to ensure these service animals are getting the care they deserve to accomplish their mission....
Hometown: Wooster, OH

Army Staff Sgt. Andrew S. Carroll, a public affairs mass communication noncommissioned officer, assigned to the Army Reserve 220th Public Affairs Detachment out of Southfield, Michigan is awarded the Army Commendation Medal for his meritorious service during a nine deployment overseas by Army Col. Angela Funaro, the chief of public affairs for U.S Army Central in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Feb. 14,......
Hometown: Akron, OH

When Ohio Army National Guard Spc. Adam Slabodnick reported for his first day of basic training last summer, he was nearly twice the age of most of the new recruits. Slabodnick, who is a health and physical education teacher as well as the tennis coach at Avon Lake High School, took a nontraditional path to joining the military....
Hometown: Avon Lake, OH